Fair Trade Judaica (FTJ)

Fair Trade Judaica promotes fair trade as a Jewish value through educating the Jewish community, and expanding the production, distribution, and sale of fair trade Judaica products. We envision a world in which Jewish consumers recognize fair trade as an expression of core Jewish values, seek out fair trade Judaica products, and use their purchasing power to support thriving communities of artisans around the world.

Join “Raise the Bar Hershey” campaign

“The Exodus from Egypt occurs in every human being, in every era, in every year and even on every day” – Reb Nachman of Bratslav

Raise the Bar Hershey is a national campaign organized by Global Exchange, Green America, the International Labor Rights Forum and Oasis.

Ten years ago chocolate companies committed to ending child labor, forced labor, and trafficking in their cocoa supply chains, yet these egregious labor rights abuses continue. While many chocolate companies have taken steps to trace their cocoa purchasing and implement labor rights standards among their suppliers, the Hershey Company lags behind its competitors. Hershey has no policies in place to trace its cocoa and protect workers.

Fair Trade Judaica's website would never have happened without three extraordinary people:Lisa K. Chanoff, whose generous donation made the project possible,Dean MacDonald who captured our essence with his brilliant logo and artistic influence, andAaron Hodge Silver who took our ideas and built a website we can grow into for a long time to come.